MLA Format for the Works Cited List

The works cited list gives full bibliographic information for all works cited in your paper. Double-space your entire list, as well as the body of your paper and all quotations. Indent the second and all subsequent lines of any single entry. Be sure to pay attention to details like alphabetical order, capitalization of titles, and placement of periods, commas, and colons. For more information, consult the 6^th edition of the MLA Handbook. See the sample MLA Works Cited page for examples of different types of sources and the format used for each. Diagrams of the essential elements of MLA format for both a book and a work in an anthology follow:

MLA format for a book:

MLA format for a work in a collection:

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